Live News Reporting Fails

"After several months of negotiations but I wonder about the fundamental reluctance of public broadcasters. There are growing doubts as pronounced their interest in the Olympic coverage actually is "criticized Jean-Briac Perrette, Chef at Discovery for international business, ARD and ZDF in the" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ".

Schedule & Dates for 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Last year, the Discovery Group by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had 2018 and 2024 acquired the European rights to broadcast four Olympic events between the years - for 1.3 billion euros. The Americans stood thus in Germany surprisingly, the fee-financed provider ARD and ZDF from. Discovery also auctioned in June Live rights to play the Bundesliga from the 2017/18 season on. Perrette announced plans to purchase additional premium sports rights. "We have this on the essentials of resources."

Euro Sport is expanding its daily live coverage of the Vuelta a España one hour per stage. The Vuelta includes the last Grand Tour Grand Tour season in cycling and leads the riders from August 20 to September 11, 2016 from Galicia to Madrid. While in recent years around two hours per day were seen live on TV by the Spanish Tour generally, Euro Sport can now at least three hours live report of each Vuelta thanks to the new agreement from 2016 to 2020.

The agreement strengthens even more the position of Euro Sport as "Home of Cycling" and the goal of the transmitter, to inspire the spectators for major sports moments - with compelling content, technical innovations and great storytelling. Especially cycling enthusiasts in the Netherlands and Portugal benefit from the extended five-year partnership, here Euro Sport sends the first hour now exclusively. The Vuelta that Euro Sport in numerous countries in Europe, Asia and Australia exclusively * transfers, is considered one of the toughest cycling race of the year.

In addition to expanding the live coverage, local production also is extended to move the respective national stars such as the German professionals John Degenkolb, Marcel Kittel, André Greipel and Simon Geschke even more into focus. At the microphone, the famous Euro Sport cycling commentators Karsten Migels and Jean-Claude Leclercq accompany together with Marc Rohde the Tour of Spain. Euro Sport 1 looks generally in the 15-minute live show "Vuelta Extra" every day from 14:45 to the stages ahead and rises at 15:00 a to racing. After the live coverage of the output stage with interviews and expert voices is analyzed in "Vuelta Extra" also.